#5b85e0

Color #5b85e0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.67 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b85e0

RGB

rgb(91, 133, 224)

HSL

hsl(221.1, 68.2%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.1, 59.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.4%, 40.6%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(56.47, 12.86, -50.77)

LCH

lch(56.47, 52.37, 284.21)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.1452, 263.99)

HWB

hwb(221.1, 35.7%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0b65b

Analogous

#5bc7e0

#5b85e0

#745be0

Triadic

#5b85e0

#e05b85

#85e05b

Split-complementary

#5b85e0

#e0745b

#c7e05b

Tetradic

#5b85e0

#b65be0

#e0b65b

#85e05b

Square

#5b85e0

#e05bc7

#e0b65b

#5be074

Shades

Color #5b85e0 mixed toward black.

#2f64d8

#214fb1

#193b85

#112758

#08142c

Tints

Color #5b85e0 mixed toward white.

#7699e5

#92aeea

#adc2f0

#c8d6f5

#e4ebfa

Tones

Color #5b85e0 mixed toward gray.

#6689d5

#718dca

#7c91bf

#8795b4

#9399a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7070cf · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#6d6aca · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#5ec0bc · ΔE 31.9

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b85e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b85e0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b85e0 (#5b85e0) is rgb(91, 133, 224) in RGB.

No, #5b85e0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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